2008 23rd International Conference Image and Vision Computing New Zealand
Lincoln University, Christchurch, 26-28 November 2008
IAPR Distinguished Speaker - Matt Aitken
Matt Aitken from Weta Digital Ltd
Matt Aitken,
VFX Supervisor, Weta Digital Ltd
Matt has worked at Weta Digital since the early days of the company, supervising computer graphics on many film projects including The Frighteners, Contact, and I Robot. Matt was Digital Models Supervisor on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Pre-production / R&D Supervisor for King Kong and Visual Effects Supervisor on Bridge to Terabithia. Recently Matt has been working on Weta Digital projects including Dambusters, Avatar and Tintin.
Matt has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Victoria University of Wellington and a Master of Science in Computer Graphics from Middlesex University, London.
He has had technical papers published by Eurographics and Graphite and has given presentations on Weta Digital’s work at many conferences and festivals including SIGGRAPH, FMX, the Australian Effects and Animation Festival, Imagina and the London Effects and Animation Festival.
About Weta Digital:
Weta Digital Ltd is an Academy Award® winning visual effects facility based in Wellington, New Zealand. Weta Digital offers world class visual effects for international feature films and commercials.
